Wow, Chuck, thank you for this incredible tip! My brand new American Standard kitchen faucet (Cayenne One-handle pull down from Menards) was only a week or so old when the hot water side slowed dramatically. I did as you said - shut off the hot water under the sink, disconnected the hot water line, placed the line (the one connected to the faucet) in a bucket, placed my hand under the faucet to stop the flow when I turned the cold water on, then turned on the cold water. When I checked the water in the bucket, only a few specks of sand-like sediment were in there, but man, when I reconnected the hot water line and turned it on from the faucet, I GOT FULL PRESSURE AGAIN. You're a good man for sharing this. Thank you!
Chuck, it's pretty awesome that you do this for your viewers. I am honestly excited every time I get to go out on a call with you and CB. Thank you for filming all of this for us.
Tried doing this on kitchen faucet but water flow got worse , so i got my air commpressor out and blew air through faucet hose and out disconnected hot water hose , it blew the trash right out and works great now , thanks for the video , it did help me 👍
I used to have a kitchen faucet with the pullout sprayer like the one in your video then I decided to move up from the stone age and bought a kitchen faucet with a pulldown and what a difference.Thank you for the video Chuck,God bless you and yours.
I upgraded too about 6 months ago. Love the function of new faucet but it has more narrow lines and TINY filters that collect hard water sediment. I have to clean it at least once a month.
@@mariaolivia1156 1)The first thing I do is pull the faucet head out a bit and put a chip clip (like for a bag of potato chips) over the hose to keep it from retracting into the faucet. (That happened once, and it took me 2 hours to feed it back up through the faucet to reconnect it, because I was working solo). 2) Put something in the sink to cover the drain in case you drop some of the pieces. 3) Unscrew the faucet head. If you look at the end that connects to the hose, you can see little stones/chunks in there from the hard water. I tap until those fall out. 4) On the side of the faucet head where the water comes out, I unscrew the circular piece in the center and clean out the sediment. Then I put it all back together. 5) On occasion I note that the water pressure becomes low (usually for the hot water on my faucet), so if the steps above don't work, I turn the water off (turn valve under the sink) and then take the handle off and clean out the stones/chunks that are clogging the valve. Hope this helps.
@@godofthebiblespeaks3188 thanks! We found all the dirt in the quick connect glacier bay cartridge, I dont even know how my husband realized deep inside of it, 2 filters that pull out! hand mixer attachment worked wonders taking them out!
Texas here after the post-free Snowpocalypse , once I opened up the main water valve, I ran into this problem of having low pressure on the Kitchen Faucet and the Showerhead. Both only on hot water and indeed it was rust build-up from the pipes. Glad to see the process of backflushing it.
Thanks. I think this is what I needed. Aerator not blocking pressure. Likely faucet like this needs back flush, or supply valves blocked. Soon to find out. 👍
simple task.....disconnect one supply of valve. put that supply in bucket that is attached to faucet. open faucet while holding spout and it forces water down the opposite side..usually works.
CB-1 can you explain to me how you back flushed the faucet. I have never done that before or heard about it. I think you're going to school me on this one great video CB2 you're doing good. Peace
simple task.....disconnect one supply of valve. put that supply in bucket that is attached to faucet. open faucet while holding spout and it forces water down the opposite side..usually works.
CB: when you're supervising CB2 through the apprenticeship can your plumbing business show him all that he needs to know or do you need to farm him out to others to get all the required experience?
good question. I only do service work and renovations. I have done a ton of new construction which I do not do now. As you know thats a whole other animal. So its possible. Up to him when that time comes.
Lol.. I was like wait a minute bro that’s gonna be flying outta the hot side connection on the faucet when he back flushes straight into the cabinet. I was like damn maybe he knows something I don’t lol... then it came ay It’s my first day on the job... 😂😎🤙🏄 Great vid CB2 up and coming... and another re pipe!!!!
Good video but why did you have to go under the house? What did that gain you? And what was that you mentioned about electrolysis at the beginning of the video? And at the end of the video when you said "We'll pass it along to the customer" after your son told you the faucet still leaked, what was that about?
Normally I go right to banging on the side of the faucet with the rubber end of the channel locks.... If they replace the old faucet with one of the new pull out ones, the rust is gonna reek havoc on the fixture... Good job, tomorrow is the end of my vacation pre summer rush.... back to the salt mines..
ya the smack upside the faucets head did not work in this case...lol. the best part is they need new faucets and homeowner son does that sorta stuff for them.
its nice to see that other than some tight crawlspaces maybe some attics that I havent seen , I wait patiently but never see you have to do anything super gnarly. gotta say i grow more and more jealous of cb2 hah keep up the good work I hope i didnt but bad mojo on you when you guys are on call or something
🟠 HERE IS ANOTHER FIX: First shut off the main water source, then run a garden hose from the neighbors house or completely separate water source. Attach the garden hose to the the clogged water fixture. There are adapters available at home depot if you dont have a perfect fit. Open all connected faucets and/or fixtures, and also remove the GPM flow-restrictiors from these plumbing fixtures which will allow and backwash the collected sediment/clog out the other way through these fixtures. Run hot water through the garden hose if possible, hot water can potentially loosen up sediment and clogs better. Alternating from cold to hot in 5-10 minute intervals can also expand and contract the pipes loosening clogs/sediment up as well.
Looks like a plumber wired that disposal... unprotected cable flopping around in the breeze. JK, who cares. Great work out there CB. I learned to be an electrician from my dad, dont take it easy on the kid
Wow, Chuck, thank you for this incredible tip! My brand new American Standard kitchen faucet (Cayenne One-handle pull down from Menards) was only a week or so old when the hot water side slowed dramatically. I did as you said - shut off the hot water under the sink, disconnected the hot water line, placed the line (the one connected to the faucet) in a bucket, placed my hand under the faucet to stop the flow when I turned the cold water on, then turned on the cold water. When I checked the water in the bucket, only a few specks of sand-like sediment were in there, but man, when I reconnected the hot water line and turned it on from the faucet, I GOT FULL PRESSURE AGAIN.
You're a good man for sharing this. Thank you!
Chuck, it's pretty awesome that you do this for your viewers. I am honestly excited every time I get to go out on a call with you and CB. Thank you for filming all of this for us.
Thats awesome.
CB2 is blessed to have an awesome dad teaching him the trade! Rock on guys! Good work CB2
you to bobby.....happy monday
Tried doing this on kitchen faucet but water flow got worse , so i got my air commpressor out and blew air through faucet hose and out disconnected hot water hose , it blew the trash right out and works great now , thanks for the video , it did help me 👍
Nice
Super appreciative on this video. Thanks Chuck. (Same faucet here, and same problem.)
You're welcome! Glad to help.
Shine on cb2!, shine on!, another good video, thanks CB, and a happy mother's day to mrs cb
Happy Happy to all the mommies out there too...Thank You
I used to have a kitchen faucet with the pullout sprayer like the one in your video then I decided to move up from the stone age and bought a kitchen faucet with a pulldown and what a difference.Thank you for the video Chuck,God bless you and yours.
Thanks for sharing! Ya side sprays on their way out...
I upgraded too about 6 months ago. Love the function of new faucet but it has more narrow lines and TINY filters that collect hard water sediment. I have to clean it at least once a month.
@@godofthebiblespeaks3188how do u clean them?
@@mariaolivia1156 1)The first thing I do is pull the faucet head out a bit and put a chip clip (like for a bag of potato chips) over the hose to keep it from retracting into the faucet. (That happened once, and it took me 2 hours to feed it back up through the faucet to reconnect it, because I was working solo). 2) Put something in the sink to cover the drain in case you drop some of the pieces. 3) Unscrew the faucet head. If you look at the end that connects to the hose, you can see little stones/chunks in there from the hard water. I tap until those fall out. 4) On the side of the faucet head where the water comes out, I unscrew the circular piece in the center and clean out the sediment. Then I put it all back together. 5) On occasion I note that the water pressure becomes low (usually for the hot water on my faucet), so if the steps above don't work, I turn the water off (turn valve under the sink) and then take the handle off and clean out the stones/chunks that are clogging the valve. Hope this helps.
@@godofthebiblespeaks3188 thanks! We found all the dirt in the quick connect glacier bay cartridge, I dont even know how my husband realized deep inside of it, 2 filters that pull out! hand mixer attachment worked wonders taking them out!
Texas here after the post-free Snowpocalypse , once I opened up the main water valve, I ran into this problem of having low pressure on the Kitchen Faucet and the Showerhead. Both only on hot water and indeed it was rust build-up from the pipes. Glad to see the process of backflushing it.
Thanks. I think this is what I needed. Aerator not blocking pressure. Likely faucet like this needs back flush, or supply valves blocked. Soon to find out. 👍
I have never seen this trick, is there anyway you can do another videeo to explain what you did? Thanks for the video! Be safe Bro.
simple task.....disconnect one supply of valve. put that supply in bucket that is attached to faucet. open faucet while holding spout and it forces water down the opposite side..usually works.
sounds simple enough that a truckie can do it....LOL. Thanks for the explanation.
bring in the sledge if all else fails. demo time!
using compressed air through the spout backwards mostly does the trick also, unhook both lines and blast it hard, lookout for flying chunks :)
good idea....make up a aerater gizmo.
@@ChuckBarron what’s the best way to make a gadget for that?
CB-1 can you explain to me how you back flushed the faucet. I have never done that before or heard about it. I think you're going to school me on this one great video CB2 you're doing good. Peace
simple task.....disconnect one supply of valve. put that supply in bucket that is attached to faucet. open faucet while holding spout and it forces water down the opposite side..usually works.
Chuck Barron thanks a lot for the information I'll never forget that peace
Tighten the loose faucet mounting from underneath. Waiting for plumber to return and fix same problem on new Moen faucet.
Nice. Get em there. ha
CB: when you're supervising CB2 through the apprenticeship can your plumbing business show him all that he needs to know or do you need to farm him out to others to get all the required experience?
good question. I only do service work and renovations. I have done a ton of new construction which I do not do now. As you know thats a whole other animal. So its possible. Up to him when that time comes.
My faucet has some kind of filter at the coper pipe and the faucet flex hose connection. Cleaned all of that junk and it works as new.
Lol.. I was like wait a minute bro that’s gonna be flying outta the hot side connection on the faucet when he back flushes straight into the cabinet. I was like damn maybe he knows something I don’t lol... then it came ay It’s my first day on the job... 😂😎🤙🏄
Great vid CB2 up and coming... and another re pipe!!!!
funny stuff.....mistakes are funny especially when your on vid....dam yo what the hell was I thinking...lol
rofl, yeah should remove supply line/s from shutoff side.. oh-well, it makes for great entertainment :)
CB1 been Plumbing for 30.... he’s good.. respect brah...🤙😎🏄
Good video but why did you have to go under the house? What did that gain you? And what was that you mentioned about electrolysis at the beginning of the video? And at the end of the video when you said "We'll pass it along to the customer" after your son told you the faucet still leaked, what was that about?
Joe, many issues on this summer cottage. For the owner its keep it rented. Place needs a complete reno. I hope that helps.
Normally I go right to banging on the side of the faucet with the rubber end of the channel locks.... If they replace the old faucet with one of the new pull out ones, the rust is gonna reek havoc on the fixture... Good job, tomorrow is the end of my vacation pre summer rush.... back to the salt mines..
ya the smack upside the faucets head did not work in this case...lol. the best part is they need new faucets and homeowner son does that sorta stuff for them.
Vaticider69 what do you mean "salt mines?"
Just an old phrase for going off to work like... back to the grind, trudging off to the halls of despair, io io its off to work I go....
how do you flush it backwards?
Good trick! I like it. Could use some tighter editing, tho, CB. Cut out that dead time with the UA-cam editor to keep your UA-cam customers happy :)
Cut! thats a wrap! ha.
@@ChuckBarron FYI I used this trick last week to solve a totally different blockage... !
What year Apprentice is CB2?
CB2 is roughly first year with minimum hours because of our schedules..Im a full time fireman and he a student. We getting in as much as we can.
its nice to see that other than some tight crawlspaces maybe some attics that I havent seen , I wait patiently but never see you have to do anything super gnarly. gotta say i grow more and more jealous of cb2 hah keep up the good work I hope i didnt but bad mojo on you when you guys are on call or something
Oh the plumbers Jinx....its just a phone call away. We are doing a bath remodel today but ya never know what next call brings.
🟠 HERE IS ANOTHER FIX: First shut off the main water source, then run a garden hose from the neighbors house or completely separate water source. Attach the garden hose to the the clogged water fixture. There are adapters available at home depot if you dont have a perfect fit. Open all connected faucets and/or fixtures, and also remove the GPM flow-restrictiors from these plumbing fixtures which will allow and backwash the collected sediment/clog out the other way through these fixtures. Run hot water through the garden hose if possible, hot water can potentially loosen up sediment and clogs better. Alternating from cold to hot in 5-10 minute intervals can also expand and contract the pipes loosening clogs/sediment up as well.
He was tighten it at first wondering why he couldn't get it off 😄
What if it’s a shower that doesn’t have flow?
drain clog.
Looks like the faucet is leaking from the oring where it swivels. :-)
yes it was....good eye plumber. Owner son to replace. Ha. Im laying in the wings for the call though
Looks like a plumber wired that disposal... unprotected cable flopping around in the breeze. JK, who cares. Great work out there CB. I learned to be an electrician from my dad, dont take it easy on the kid
We trying Warren...
Cb2 good job but u need to be a bit more vocal hahaha
Oh CB2 where are you?